SUFFER

vi to be injured; to sustain loss or damage.

2. suffer ·vi to undergo punishment; specifically, to undergo the penalty of death.

3. suffer ·vt to endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear up under.

4. suffer ·vt to allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate.

5. suffer ·vi to feel or undergo pain of body or mind; to bear what is inconvenient; as, we suffer from pain, sickness, or sorrow; we suffer with anxiety.

6. suffer ·vt to feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, ·etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.

7. suffer ·vt to undergo; to be affected by; to sustain; to experience; as, most substances suffer a change when long exposed to air and moisture; to suffer loss or damage.